Hold on....you can buy things on ebay now....with Bitcoins!

[Elwar]

I just made an ebay purchase using bitcoins via gyft.

https://www.gyft.com/buy-gift-cards/ebay/

So now that I can buy anything on Amazon through purse.io and ebay through gyft.com that covers about 90% of the goods I could ever want to buy online. Both at a discount.

[AlgoSwan]

very cool indeed. Is that real?

[btcton]

very cool indeed. Is that real?

I have used them before for Amazon rather than ebay. I can therefore say that they work, at least with Amazon. I don't see why ebay would be any different.

[AlgoSwan]

very cool indeed. Is that real?

I have used them before for Amazon rather than ebay. I can therefore say that they work, at least with Amazon. I don't see why ebay would be any different.

eBay and PayPal split could be the main reason of eBay's recent BTC move.

[Elwar]

Looks like you can use egifter too. They look good because you can buy the exact dollar amount while gyft was giving me the price in $5 increments and over $50 it was $25 increments.

https://www.egifter.com/giftcards/ebay-gift-card

[achow101]

It would be great if both Ebay and Amazon accepted Bitcoin, but Paypal doesn't like Bitcoin so Ebay probably will not support Bitcoin anytime soon. Amazon, on the other hand, might begin accepting Bitcoin within a few years.

[Elwar]

It would be great if both Ebay and Amazon accepted Bitcoin, but Paypal doesn't like Bitcoin so Ebay probably will not support Bitcoin anytime soon. Amazon, on the other hand, might begin accepting Bitcoin within a few years.

As long as I can use Bitcoin to buy things on their sites, it's no big deal whether they accept it or not. Nobody will buy bitcoins just so they can buy items on those sites.

And you can get a discount already using third party sites so there's not much benefit for the buyer other than one or two less clicks.

[NorrisK]

It would be great if both Ebay and Amazon accepted Bitcoin, but Paypal doesn't like Bitcoin so Ebay probably will not support Bitcoin anytime soon. Amazon, on the other hand, might begin accepting Bitcoin within a few years.

As long as I can use Bitcoin to buy things on their sites, it's no big deal whether they accept it or not. Nobody will buy bitcoins just so they can buy items on those sites.

And you can get a discount already using third party sites so there's not much benefit for the buyer other than one or two less clicks.

Still you will always need to buy gift card right? What happens if you don't use all the credit on the cards? Can you keep the leftover in your ebay/amazon account?

[achow101]

It would be great if both Ebay and Amazon accepted Bitcoin, but Paypal doesn't like Bitcoin so Ebay probably will not support Bitcoin anytime soon. Amazon, on the other hand, might begin accepting Bitcoin within a few years.

As long as I can use Bitcoin to buy things on their sites, it's no big deal whether they accept it or not. Nobody will buy bitcoins just so they can buy items on those sites.

And you can get a discount already using third party sites so there's not much benefit for the buyer other than one or two less clicks.

Still you will always need to buy gift card right? What happens if you don't use all the credit on the cards? Can you keep the leftover in your ebay/amazon account?

Yes. Any left over money stays gets credited to your account and you can use it in other purchases. One gift card could buy many things.

[rayhan]

It would be great if both Ebay and Amazon accepted Bitcoin, but Paypal doesn't like Bitcoin so Ebay probably will not support Bitcoin anytime soon. Amazon, on the other hand, might begin accepting Bitcoin within a few years.

e-commerce using bitcoin is limited as of now, but in any case, it does look like it would take over a huge chunk of the market.

[achow101_alt]

I think it's nice that there are places where I can get gift cards that I can use to buy almost anything that I want.

[tiggytomb]

Reading the subject header gives the impression that you can buy direct, I got quite happy but then saw it was via gift cards.  This is still good but and thanks for sharing, I agree that it will probably be Amazon accepting Bitcoin before Ebay.  Am I right in thinking that this is for the US only?

[TheButterZone]

Seems like more supply-side pressure to me. Should get eBay sellers to accept and hold BTC directly so the price doesn't tank more.

[newIndia]

I just made an ebay purchase using bitcoins via gyft.

https://www.gyft.com/buy-gift-cards/ebay/

So now that I can buy anything on Amazon through purse.io and ebay through gyft.com that covers about 90% of the goods I could ever want to buy online. Both at a discount.

Why 90% ? Is there anything on eBay that rejects Gyft card ?

[TheButterZone]

I just made an ebay purchase using bitcoins via gyft.

https://www.gyft.com/buy-gift-cards/ebay/

So now that I can buy anything on Amazon through purse.io and ebay through gyft.com that covers about 90% of the goods I could ever want to buy online. Both at a discount.

Why 90% ? Is there anything on eBay that rejects Gyft card ?

eBay prohibits some items, and simply doesn't have constant sellers of others.

[QuestionAuthority]

This isn't really new. My very first purchase with Bitcoins was at Amazon using a gift card I bought from Jeremy at SpendBitcoins in 2011. Too bad he only services Australia now. His service was awesome. I only ever had one problem using his service and I found him on the forum, sent him a PM and he made it right immediately. We need more people like him on this forum.

BTW: BtcBuy did the same thing but I never used them.

[jacktheking]

I never used Purse.io as I feel unsafe giving out my information to a third-party. I used Gyft instead to buy Amazon giftcard. Might be exchaning Bitcoin into Ebay giftcard if I find anything that interest me on Ebay.

[snarlpill]

I think the Gyft site/app is awesome and you can find gift cards for a pretty wide variety of places. Plus you get 3x points for every card bought with Bitcoin. It is not a significant amount but it adds up over time and is a nice little discount bonus.

I was bidding on an eBay auction for a Chinese silver Panda coin recently and won the auction. I then got on Gyft and was able to buy pretty much the exact amount I needed on an eBay gift card, in $5 increments. Bought the card with Bitcoin and had it in my account instantly, no confirmations needed. I used the card when buying the item and the whole process from winning the auction to paying with the gift card only took like 4 minutes. So that was def. a good experience in my book. I will add here that Gyft had a little note saying to allow up to 4 hours for the card to show up in ebay's systems, however mine was credited instantly when I typed the code at check out.

With physical stores' gift cards you can either print them out or just whip out your phone and have the cashier scan the bar code in the Gyft app. I've used it to buy a few packs of smokes at CVS when in a pinch. (now CVS stopped selling tobacco products, oh well)

[alani123]

I don't really feel like this is something entirely new. Even before there was anyone selling ebay giftcards for bitcoin, we could always login to localbitcoins and sell for paypal. But you'd still go through several third parties. Not that I have a problem with giftcards but if a store accepts BTC directly it's always preferred.

[Light]

I don't really feel like this is something entirely new. Even before there was anyone selling ebay giftcards for bitcoin, we could always login to localbitcoins and sell for paypal. But you'd still go through several third parties. Not that I have a problem with giftcards but if a store accepts BTC directly it's always preferred.

Well as far as I can see it cuts down a bit on the fees you have to take. If you were purchasing an auction from eBay and you wanted to fund your PP quickly you'd generally take a decent 5-7% hit compared to the current exchange market. That being said, having spare cash in your CC and bank account are generally a must - so this is really only a scenario useful for people like Elwar who are funding everything using Bitcoin.